A 44-year-old man charged with stabbing a Lumberton man several times was recently indicted in Hardin County.

Raleigh William Cole, Jr., 44, was indicted last week on the second-degree felony of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

In May 2013, Sheriff's deputies received a call about a man being treated at a Beaumont hospital.

The 23-year-old Lumberton man reported that he and a friend went to Village Creek about 2 a.m. to blow off steam from work, according to a probable cause statement. The duo sat at the creek in the truck when someone approached with a bright flashlight and told him to get out of the vehicle, reports state. The man said as he got out of the truck, Cole began hitting him, court documents state.

The man said he broke away long enough to get back in the truck, where he realized he had been stabbed by Cole, reports state. His friend drove him to a hospital.Police located Cole still at that spot by the creek, documents stated. Cole had dried blood on his hands and several scratch marks and abrasions on his body, reports stated. Cole said he and his girlfriend were asleep in a tent when they were wakened by a vehicle doing doughnuts in the area, almost hitting his truck, reports stated. Cole admitted to getting into a fight with the Lumberton man, reports stated.